Improvement in ironing-tables and press-boards



UNITED STATES PATENT ()rnron.

JOHN DEARBAUGH AND EMILY K. DEARBAUGH, OF HUNTINGTON, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN lRONlNG-TABLES AND PRESS-BOARDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 157,988, dated December 22, 1874; application filed September 19,1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN DEARBAUGH and EMILY K. DEARBAUGH, of Huntington, in the county of Huntington and State of Indiana, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Combined Ironing-Table and Press-Board; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descrip tion of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawing is a representation of a top view of our ironing-table and pressboard. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same.

This invention relates to ironing-tables and press-boards which are especially adapted to the wants of tailors; and the nature thereof consists in the novel construction and arrangement, in connection with a table -frameand with a press-board hinged to each end thereof, of a rotating studded shaft having its bearings upon the two sidesof the said tableframe, whereby either of the said boards may be caused to vibrate upward into an inclined position, to meet the wants of the ironer, or both be allowed to remain in a horizontal posit-ion in the same plane, to form an ironingtable.

It also consists in a strip, which is rigidly secured to the inner surface of each side of the table, the said strips having each a number of semicircular grooves, whereby a bearing is obtained for the studded shaft, nearer to or farther from the hinged end of either of the press -boards, whereby it may be caused to assume a position more or less inclined, in accordance with the wants of the operator, as will be hereinafter more fully explained.

In the annexed drawings, A designates a table frame, the sides a and ends a of which preferably form an oblong rectangle. To each end a of the frame a tapering press-board, B is suitably hinged by its broad end, by which means the small end of each board is on the same end of the said table-frame with the large or broad end of the other, both being in the same horizontal plane, and at a suitable distance apart, to avoid interference with each other. C designates strips, having a number of semicircular notches, 0, out into their upper surfaces, which are rigidly se cured in a horizontal position, one at each side, and at or near the lower edge of the inner surface of the sides at. These strips aflord bearings for a shaft, D, upon which are radially applied the studs d d, the one being at right angles to the other, and situated one under each pressboard.

When the shaft D is caused to rotate, the studs d d, coming in contact with the under side of the boards B, will cause each to be vibrated upward alternately; and one of the boards being preferably larger than the other, I

the operator may choose that one best suited to his immediate wants, which will be held in an inclined position by the stud 01, as shown in Fig. 2, to admit of the ready introduction thereof into a pants leg.

If the shaft D be shifted toward the hinged end of either of the press-boards, it is evident that the boards, when caused to hinge or vibrate upward, will be inclined at a greater angle to the horizontal plane than if the shaft were in the position shown in Fig. 2; consequently the ironing-boards are capable of adjustment, to permit of their being used by a short or a tall man.

It is evident, also, that when neither of the studs is engaged with a press-board, that both of the said boards may be placed in the same horizontal plane, thus afl'ording a broad flat surface, which may be used as an ironing-table.

By removing the pins which pivot the two parts of the hinges together, the boards may be detached from the table-frame, which may then be used to sustain an ordinary top, forming a table, which may be used for any of the purposes to which this article of furniture is applied.

We are aware that an ironingboard hinged to a folding supporting-frame by its larger end, and having means of adjustment to increase or diminish its angle of inclination, has been heretofore used; hence we do not make a broad claim to such invention.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a table frame or support, A, and the hinged press-boards B, of

the rotating shaft D, having studs d d, subhave hereunto subscribed our names in the stantially as specified. presence of two witnesses.

2. The combination, with a movable rotat- JOHN DEARBAUGH. ing shaft, D, having spurs d d, and the hinged EMILY K. DEARBAUGH. press-boards B, of the strips 0, having jour- Witnesses: Dal-bearings c, substantially as specified. DAVID BERKEY,

In testimony that we claim the above we JOSEPH A. BROWN. 

